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I will not be accepting requests or tolerating the smallest of inconveniences from ableds while in mourning. I will also not be answering questions, thank you.

It is wild to watch people dispute this, lol

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

BLOG I Was Never Able To Accept My Son's Autism Until I Monetized It Through Blogging Margot Jollenston Mother, blogger

They’re especially terrible when their kids need medical care, and it doesn’t stop when those kids turn 18

Some abled parents of disabled people are the most violent ableists. They use their children as tools to demonstrate their heroism in shouldering the burden of taking care of a disabled person, think they’re incapable of ableism, and say the experience of a caretaker is the same as being disabled.

Alice Wong, a woman in a wheelchair with dark hair, poses in a pink and orange outfit and berry lipstick. A headline reads: "Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51." Photo via John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr

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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.

Getting ready for a roadtrip from DC to Boston for medical care because it's not possible to get the right kind of care locally.

And part of that is because I'm complex, and part of it is because the healthcare system is actually, genuinely degraded.

They literally laughed about not picking up phones to stop a genocide and y’all thought they would stop your own?

ERISA won't save you. The ACA market entering a death spiral will cause massive failures in the health care delivery system. Even more hospitals will close. Rural clinics will go under. Entire practices will be sold to venture capital.

Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?

Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

The conservatives love to forget what words mean when there’s precedent they want to ignore

In the public health, harm reduction context we generally make sure people *know* about the harms.

“ChatGPT lies, it makes shit up, it hallucinates. It will tell you a French menu doesn’t have shrimp on it and send you into anaphylaxis. It will help your child suicide.” etc

Sounds like they've been taking notes on MT HHS, which dragged its feet on compliance with BC changes for a long time.

Bottom line: be careful trying to make changes right now, hold off if you can.

What children in poverty could lose from the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.

THe GOP budget bill is going to be real shitty for poor kids!

Hey everyone. I've heard this now from multiple people. Passport offices are refusing to comply with the court order to issue passports to trans folks and change gender markers.

Turns out a candidate's opinion on a conflict that goes back millenia doesn't fill the potholes in your neighborhood or get your kid's school to provide free lunches

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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going to keep saying: a society that would like to maintain its basic functions has really got to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by people in positions of authority

So are we ready to acknowledge that we live under a dictatorship of capital yet or are we still gonna keep pretending any of this democracy shit is real.

Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.

Happy #Juneteenth! 🤎🙏🏾✊🏾

Israel massacres in Gaza, lockdowns West Bank as attention shifts to Iran As the world focuses on Israel’s war with Iran, violence against Palestinians has scaled up in the occupied territories.

As the world focuses on Israel’s war with Iran, violence against Palestinians has scaled up in the occupied territories.

y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI

Opal Lee | Juneteenth, Fire, Historic Walk, Biography, & Facts | Britannica Opal Lee is a civil rights activist, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” for her activism and historic walk to help make June 19 a national holiday in the United States.

Make sure you know the black educator, Dr. Opal Lee - who is responsible for ensuring our calendars mark this day as a national holiday #Juneteenth

Once again disappointed I spent a whole month in San Diego and not a singular living being made a Carmen San Diego joke

An increasingly large crowd for the Philadelphia Hands Off protest, north of city hall. Many protesters are in costume, or carrying signs. The atmosphere is at once joyful and angry.

#Philly #HandsOff starting to overflow the square into the street and beyond